Samuel Morse was a professor of the arts at the University of New York in 1835, when he proved that messages could be sent by electric wire. He used pulses to deflect an electromagnet, which moved a writing tool that wrote codes on a small piece of paper. These codes are now known as Morse Code. About five years later, Congress gave $30,000 to fund a telegraph line from Baltimore to Washington. Six years later, Congress what their funding had created when they saw the first sending and recieving of news via the telegraph. The news was of the Whig Party candidtae for president, Henry Clay.
The First Message
The very first message sent on the new telegraph line was an excerpt from the Book of Numbers, "Who hath God Wrought?" The verse was selected by Morris's close friend's daughter. This message officially opened the Washington to Baltimore telegraph line. The message was written in the new code invented by Samuel Morse specifically for the telegraph, called Morse Code.
The Growth of the Telegraph
After recieving money from private funds, Morse was able to extend his telegraph line to both New York and Philadelphia. Some smaller, rival telegraph companies began to spring up everywhere. One of the larger rivals to Morse was the Western Union, who completed the first transcontinental line in the year 1861. The first telegraph printed Morse Code onto a piece of paper, which would then be tranlated by a Morse operator. These operators were highly trained and could translate 40 to 50 words a minute from Morse to English. Then in 1900 Fredick Creed, a canadian native, invented the Creed Telegraph System, which could tranlate Morse Code to text without the help of a Morse operator.
Advancements of the Telegraph
The Western Union developed the advancement of multiplexing, which was the ability to have 8 messages travel simultaneously over the same wire. Then 23 years later, Varioplex was invented, which enabled 72 messages to be sent on one wire at any given time. Then, another 23 years in the future, the Western Union invented TELEX, a service which allowed subscribers to the teleprinter service to directly dial one another.
Samuel Morse
Samuel Morse was a professor of the arts at the University of New York in 1835, when he proved that messages could be sent by electric wire. He used pulses to deflect an electromagnet, which moved a writing tool that wrote codes on a small piece of paper. These codes are now known as Morse Code. About five years later, Congress gave $30,000 to fund a telegraph line from Baltimore to Washington. Six years later, Congress what their funding had created when they saw the first sending and recieving of news via the telegraph. The news was of the Whig Party candidtae for president, Henry Clay.The First Message
The very first message sent on the new telegraph line was an excerpt from the Book of Numbers, "Who hath God Wrought?" The verse was selected by Morris's close friend's daughter. This message officially opened the Washington to Baltimore telegraph line. The message was written in the new code invented by Samuel Morse specifically for the telegraph, called Morse Code.The Growth of the Telegraph
After recieving money from private funds, Morse was able to extend his telegraph line to both New York and Philadelphia. Some smaller, rival telegraph companies began to spring up everywhere. One of the larger rivals to Morse was the Western Union, who completed the first transcontinental line in the year 1861. The first telegraph printed Morse Code onto a piece of paper, which would then be tranlated by a Morse operator. These operators were highly trained and could translate 40 to 50 words a minute from Morse to English. Then in 1900 Fredick Creed, a canadian native, invented the Creed Telegraph System, which could tranlate Morse Code to text without the help of a Morse operator.Advancements of the Telegraph
The Western Union developed the advancement of multiplexing, which was the ability to have 8 messages travel simultaneously over the same wire. Then 23 years later, Varioplex was invented, which enabled 72 messages to be sent on one wire at any given time. Then, another 23 years in the future, the Western Union invented TELEX, a service which allowed subscribers to the teleprinter service to directly dial one another.